Vincent of Saragossa

Vincent of Saragossa (died 304) is the patron saint of Lisbon and Valencia and the Protomartyr of Spain. Cape St. Vincent and the island nation of St. Vincent and the Grenadines are named for him.

Biography
Vincent of Saragossa in Urbs Victrix Osca in Hispania, Roman Empire (Huesca, Spain). Vincent spent most of his life in Saragossa, and Bishop Valerius of Saragossa commissioned him to preach in Roman Spain and spread Christianity. Emperor Diocletian had Vincent and Valerius arrested during his persecution of Christians and had Vincent stretched on a rack, his flesh torn with hooks, had him burnt alive on a gridiron, and he was thrown onto a floor with broken pottery, where he died. Vincent's body was protected from vultures by ravens until he could be buried, and he was named the Protomartyr of Spain. Sao Vicente in Cape Verde, Cape St. Vincent, and St. Vincent and the Grenadines were named for Saint Vincent.